Slate Quarry Album HB ( First Edition )

Slate Quarry Album HB ( First Edition )

This book is the result of over twenty years research into the methods of working within Welsh Slate quarries. Originally Gordon and Ann Haterill went to Aberllefenni quarry near corris but, in the 1970s, they concentrated on Llechwedd and Maeofferen quarries at Blaenau Ffestiniog having been given permission by J W Greaves & Sons Ltd. During their time in the quarries Ann photographed, mainly in colour and Gordon drew and measured many items-wagons, track equipment etc. They accompanied the men as they worked the gravity and powered inclines, worked the slate and disposed of the rubbish on the tips. The photographic record of these operations is unique. The text traces the growth of tramways within and from the quarries, types of rails, points, wagons, motive power, construction of inclines and associated equipment. Accompanied by photographs there are detailed descriptions of the methods of working the inclines and tramways. Pages of Gordon's sketchbook are reproduced as well as his final drawings. The illustrations are of the highest quality and the book is beautifully laid out. The book is almost twice the length of the first edition and it is a delight to turn each page.200 pages, 149 duotone and 243 colour photographs, 19 scale drawings, 18 diagrams and sketches, 11 maps.
Reproduced with kind permission from RCL Publications.